Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Petty; trifling; insignificant: as, peddling details.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Hawking; acting as a peddler.
- adjective Petty; insignificant; trifling; paltry; piddling; -- now less common than
piddling .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
peddle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of selling goods for a living
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Examples
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The world mostly knows TKO as a label peddling quality punk rock from acts such as Antiseen, Cock Sparrer and CH3.
unknown title 2009
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Mr. Powell, I respected you because you were the only level headed republican, but now this back peddling is really bothersome.
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This caricature laden snark peddling is what passes for comedy and political insight nowadays (though it has existed for ages).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Much Easier to Fight Caricatures 2010
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Washington Examiner editorial: Clinton is again peddling the argument that a new wave of domestic terrorism is coming this time because millions of Tea Partying Americans have during the past year or more taken to the streets to protest.
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Just look at the competition-McCain peddling the same old Republican crapola that brought us to near financial ruin and the Wassila Hillbilly.
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Washington Examiner editorial: Clinton is again peddling the argument that a new wave of domestic terrorism is coming this time because millions of Tea Partying Americans have during the past year or more taken to the streets to protest.
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This whole ‘Fiscal Responsibility’ crap the Repugs are peddling is a crock!
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Trickle down theory does not work, yet some people persist in peddling it.
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She was involved in peddling access to the Clintons to Johnny Chung, and also in the disappearance of some of Vincent Foster's papers (Foster was the guy who committed suicide under mysterious circumstances).
Obama on a roll frankwu 2008
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Earlier in the day, a mere block from our casita, my husband had seen a "butcher" setting up shop, peddling from the tailgate of his truck what looked suspiciously like butchered goat meat.
The lady is a tramp - an excerpt from the book: Agave Marias 2006
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